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The specialty here is patacón, the formidable sandwich of the city of Maracaibo, Venezuela, bookended not by bread but by unripe plantains that have been fried, smashed and fried again. The small but sleek storefront traces its origins back to 2005, when Liliana Velazquez, a native of Maracaibo, started selling patacónes out of a truck in Inwood, ManhattanComplete Review »

At Little Park, Andrew Carmellini and his chef de cuisine, Min Kong, are working out their ideas from scratch; this may be why the best dishes there seem more fresh, natural and intuitive than what’s on Mr. Carmellini's other menus.Complete Review »

It can be an intimate, if slightly disorienting experience dining at this very small West African restaurant in the Bronx. No menu is presented, at least not in written form, and only a few dishes are available at a time. But the food is delicious: earthy soups and stews over dense, chewy rice and black-eyed peas, with seams of heat from hidden Scotch bonnets.Complete Review »